Clues for the word "LIEN"
We've had 199 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 771 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on June 11, 2026.
Definition of lien
- - of Lie
- obs. p. p. - of Lie. See Lain.
- n. - A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.
Referring Clues
- Collateral, maybe
- Bank claim
- Bank holding
- Tax ___
- Property encumbrance
- Mortgage
- Lender's protection
- Legal encumbrance
- Mortgage, e.g.
- Legal claim
- Property claim
- It may be on the house
- Lender's claim
- A property may have one on it
- Lender's recourse
- Bank security
- Certain attachment
- Debt protection
- Certain encumbrance
- Certain legal protection
- It may be on a house
- Claim on property
- Debtor's worry
- Financial security
- Creditor's claim
- A creditor may hold it
- Form of security
- Property right
- Property law topic
- Means of security
- Property lawyer's concern
- Legal safety net
- Something that may be on a house
- Means of enforcing tax compliance
- Claim of a sort
- Mortgage company's claim
- Legal claim on property
- It may be on a property
- Property attachment
- Collateral option
- It's put on some houses
- Claim against property
- Debtor's claim
- Encumbrance
- Banker's attachment
- Bank action
- It may be placed on a house
- Banker's holding
- Contractor's claim
- Bank's protection
- Security interest
- Debt security
- One might be on the house
- It may be put on a house
- Security for a debt
- Moneylender's claim
- Bank encumbrance
- See 1-Down
- Mechanic's ___
- Mechanic's ___ (contractor's security)
- Borrower's burden
- There may be one on your car
- Bank's property claim
- There's probably one on your house
- It's often on the house
- A car might have one on it
- It's often found on a house
- Legal right
- Nonpayment result, perhaps
- Debtor's burden
- Deed encumbrance
- "Don't ___ on me" (debtor's motto?)
- Dibs on collateral
- Lender's security
- Creditor's paper
- Bank loan security
- Bank concern
- Bank note
- It may be on the house?
- Credit report blot
- Mortgagee's obligation
- What a title search may uncover
- Lender's backup
- Creditor's protection
- Legal charge on property
- Hold on property
- Creditor's security
- Certain claim
- A house may have one on it
- Part of a home security system?
- "Don't ___ on me" (debtor's motto?)
- Repo man's document
- Title attachment
- Mortgagee's security
- Financial encumbrance
- Banker's protection
- Financial claim
- Bank's claim
- Legal hold
- An encumbrance against property
- Home security system?
- Mortgage, e.g
- Mortgage factor
- Security against default
- Mortgage interest
- Banker's security
- Security agreement
- Mortgage, for instance
- Real estate concern
- Payment guarantee
- Property claim for outstanding debt
- Legal remedy of a sort
- Repo justification
- Tradesman's claim
- Homeowner's burden
- A title may come with one
- Claim on a home
- Legal property claim
- Mortgage claim
- It gives one security
- Attachment on property
- ___ search (county clerk's task)
- Legal claim to property
- Burden for some debtors
- Jennifer of "Phenom"
- There might be one on a car
- Property restriction
- What a title may come with
- Security measure
- Security claim
- Collateral, of a sort
- Claim
- Home security measure
- Legal claim on one's property
- Security for a huge debt
- Lender's holding
- Financial security for a debt
- Lender's attachment
- Mortgage, for example
- Kind of claim
- Security of a kind
- Property debt
- A mortgage is one
- Claim on a property
- Legal right to deceive the National Front
- Right in line?
- Legal right that heartens foreigners
- Borders of Lincoln green? Right!
- Legal right to take a different line
- Right in line, perhaps
- Try to deceive with new 17 for creditor
- Right to have one released by Martian
- Right incline, as they say
- Right position of course - north
- Something people don't want to be on the house
- House debt
- Default deterrent
- Inalienable right, legally
- Boy brought up to property right
- 13's given right of possession
- Blot on a credit report
- House hold?
- Legal right to a number of points
- Legal attachment
- Right of the keeper
- A keeper's right
- What a creditor holds
- In many ways, a legal entitlement
- One may be on the house
- Claim on a house
- Mortgage holder's security
- Legally, right in line
- Protection for a lender
- A bank may hold it
- It might be attached to a car
- Legal claim, as a mortgage
- Bad thing to come up in a title search
- Legal right to keep
- It's satisfied with payment
- Form of collateral
- Said you incline towards the right
- Way of securing payment
- Financial attachment
- Debt document
- Property interest
- Claim on a house, say
- Bank's home security system?
- House attachment
- Right in line?
- What a mortgage is, essentially
- House-hold word?
- Home security?
- Certain collateral
- Legal claim on a property
- Concern when transferring a title deed
- Concern for a bank
- Something sold in a tax sale
- Legal right to perjury at a certain point?
- Legal claim placed on a house
Last Seen In
- Daily American - June 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 07, 2026
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- Penny Dell Daily - May 02, 2026
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- Mirror Daily - April 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 06, 2026
- LA Times - April 06, 2026
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- Mirror Daily - March 06, 2026
- LA Times - January 26, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 07, 2026
- New York Times - January 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 06, 2025
- Daily American - November 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 18, 2025
- LA Times - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 13, 2025
- New York Times - September 12, 2025
- LA Times - August 25, 2025
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